6334. Verses 1-2. And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather ye yourselves together, and I will tell you what shall befall you in the end of the days. Assemble yourselves and hear ye sons of Jacob, and hear unto Israel your father. “And Jacob called his sons,” signifies the setting in order of the truths of faith and goods of love in the natural; “and said, Gather ye yourselves together,” signifies all of them in general together; “and I will tell you what shall befall you in the end of the days,” signifies the quality of the state of the church in the order in which they then were; “assemble yourselves,” signifies that they should set themselves in order; “and hear, ye sons of Jacob,” signifies the truths and goods in the natural; “and hear unto Israel your father,” signifies a prediction about them by spiritual good; in the supreme sense, the Lord’s foresight.